Departing US FCC chair warns of threats to telecoms from China

By David Shepardson on Jan 22, 2021 6:35AM

Departing US FCC chair warns of threats to telecoms from China

Biggest national security issue to face regulators in coming years.

Outgoing US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai said potential Chinese espionage and threats to US telecommunications networks and internet freedom are the biggest national security issue that regulators will face in the next four years. Ajit Pai told Reuters in an ...

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